Combined calipers and dividers.



PATENTED DEG. 13, 1904.

P. H. SANGER.

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No MODEL.

vwvw/am UNITED STATES Patented December 13, 1904-.

PATENT OEETCE.

PHILIP H. SANGIER, OF ONAWAY, BHCHIGAN, ASSIGNOR Oli ONE-FOURTH TO lt. M. WALTON, OF ONAlVAY, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED CALIPEFS AND DIVIDEHS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,643, dated December 13, 1904.

Application filed August Il, 1904. Serial No. 219,499. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it 'n1/ay concern,.-

Beit known that I, PHILIP H. SANGMR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Onaway, in the county ot Presque Isle and State or' Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Calipersand Dividers; and I do declare the 'following' to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled, in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to iminovements in combination calipers and dividers.

The object of my invention is to provide a device or' this character which will be simple i in construction, durable in use, eilicient in operation, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

lith the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of one side et' my improved tool, showing its legs in their closed position. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the opposite side oi' the same, showing the legs in an open position. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the tool. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 4 11 of Pig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 and 2 denote reversely curved or bow-ed legs, both having their broad upper ends pivotally connected in any suitable manner. As shown, this connection is eilected by passing a pivot bolt or rivetl 3 through alining openings formed in said legs and through the washers 1 and 5, disposed upon opposite ends of the said pivot 3. The lower reduced ends of the legs 1 and 2 are formed with laterally-projecting feet 6 and 7 Said feet project angularly outward away from each other, their inner edges 8 being inclined to form divider-points 9 onthe outer ends of said Yfeet and caliper-points 10 upon the inner ends of the same. When the legs 1 and 2 are in their closed position, as shown .in Fig. 1, the points 10 are in contact with each other and the points 9 are a short 50 distance apart. In order to adjust the legs 1 and 2 and to indicate the adjustment of the points 9 and 10, l secure upon one oi' the legs an arc-shaped wing or bar 11. As shown, said wing 11 has one of its ends secured by a screw 12 in a recess 13, formed in Vone side oi. the leg 1, and in order to secure said end more lirmly the same is provided with a laterallyoffset portion 14, which projects into an oliset portion 15-01" the recess 13. The wing' 11 projects and slides in a curved slot 1G, formed in the leg 2, and is adapted to be secured in said slot in order to hold the legs and the points 9 and 10 in an adjusted position by a set-screw 17,which passes through a threaded opening in the leg 2 and inipinges against one side of the wing 11, as clearly shown in Fig. t of the drawings. The tree end oi the wing 11 is provided upon opposite sides or faces with scales 1S and 19, with which the leg 2 coacts, to indicate the adjustment oi? the points 9 and 10. The scale 18 consists of suitable graduations to indicate the adjustments et' the points 10, and the scale 19 upon the opposite side of the wing 11 is graduated to indicate the adjustment oil the points 9.

The scales 18 and 19 may be according to the metric or other system, and their respective grad nations serve to indicate the distance between the caliper and divider points o1' the instrument when the same is in usethat is say, when the instrument is used as a caliper the inner edge of the leg 2 will coincide with the graduation on the scale 18, which will correspond, with the distance in centimeters,- inches, or other units o1' measurement between the caliper-points 10. `W hen the instrument is used as a divider, the outer edge of the leg Q will coincide with the graduation on the scale 19, which will correspond in centimeters, inches, or other units ol. measurement with the distance between the divider-points 9.

The use, operation, and advantages oi my invention will be understood irom the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

It will be seen that when the set-screw 17 is loosened the legs 1 and E?. may be swung to- Ward and from each other to set vthe points 9 and 10 at any desired distance from each other, which distance will be indicated upon adjacent ends of the legs l and 2 it will be seen that the instrument will be comparatively short and very easy and convenient to handle. Furthermore, it will be noted that the device is very simple and durable in construction and well adapted for the purpose intended.

Vhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I wish it understood that I do not wish to be limited to the precise construction herein set forth, since various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described rny invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A combined caliper and divider comprising a pair of reversely-curved legs pivotally connected together at one end and each terminating at the opposite end in a caliper-point lO and formed with an outwardly-projecting divider-point 9, radial to the pivot, and an arc-shaped bar secured to one of the legs and on which the other leg sweeps, said bar having scales on opposite sides, one of said scales coacting with the last-mentioned leg to indicate the distance between the caliper-points and the other scale coacting with the said lastmentioned leg' to indicate the distance between the divider-points, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising two pivotally-connected members, one of which is formed with a slot and the other with a recess having an enlargement, and an adj Listing-wing adapted to slide in said slot and having one of its ends formed with an enlargement to enter said enlarged portion of said recess, fastening means for securing the last-mentioned end of said wing' in said recess and means or securing' said wing in an adjusted position in Asaid slot, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. l PHILIP H. SANGER. I/Vitnesses:

R. MAY IVALTON, SAMUEL S. TOWER. 

